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THREADBARE (10)
threadbare
threadbare - a
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"
Synonyms
beat-up, bombed-out, dilapidated, dog-eared, down-at-the-heels (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels), dumpy, grungy, mangy, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, ratty, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, sleazy, tacky, tatterdemalion, tatty, timeworn, tumbledown
in a sentence
bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale
a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clichés
The nation’s health care system is so threadbare
etymology
late 14c., from thread (n.) + bare. The notion is of "having the nap worn off," leaving bare the threads.
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